A Way Out

1. croppergib

   Mar 24, 2018

   10

   A Way Out has to be the best game I've played this year by far. The direction, mix of gameplay style, discovery with games within the gameA Way Out has to be the best game I've played this year by far. The direction, mix of gameplay style, discovery with games within the game itself, homages and throwbacks, characters, settings, variety - and that ending jesus christ. I can't recommend it enough. The fact one person can buy it and the other person downloads the "game pass" from origin for free makes it even better.
   
   What a journey. First time I've played a game for 6-7hrs straight (apart from a 30-40 min break for dinner).
   
   Some of the sweeping camera moves was just mindblowing, some reminded me of david fincher. Can't recommend it enough. 2 friends will have a blast with it.… Expand

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2. marufemir

   Jun 4, 2019

   10

   As my self, on movie or game doesn't matter. I never connect to characters and never cry. But this one, at the final almost made me cry. IAs my self, on movie or game doesn't matter. I never connect to characters and never cry. But this one, at the final almost made me cry. I really couldn't escape from feelings of this game that gave me about days. I am playing games every day; Witcher, Rainbow, CSGO, Tomb Raider etc. I played almost all games that i heard but that's my best game. I am waiting for second version of it about a long time but we can't hear anything from them. Dear Developers, please give us A Way Out 2.… Expand

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4. Taken_Hades

   Aug 21, 2022

   10

   -10/10 story
   -10/10 characters
   -8/10 gameplay
   -8/10 levels or environment
   -10/10 voice acting

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5. aralath

   Oct 4, 2018

   8

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Watched from a walkthrough video. Good storytelling. Unexpected twist in the end.… Expand

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6. kinsang

   Sep 12, 2022

   8

   เป็นเกมที่ควรค่าแก่การเล่นกับเพื่อนอย่างแท้จริง นอกจากเกมเพลย์ที่สร้างสรรค์และน่าสนใจแล้ว เนื้อเรื่องและตัวละครก็น่าติดตามไม่แพ้กันเป็นเกมที่ควรค่าแก่การเล่นกับเพื่อนอย่างแท้จริง นอกจากเกมเพลย์ที่สร้างสรรค์และน่าสนใจแล้ว เนื้อเรื่องและตัวละครก็น่าติดตามไม่แพ้กัน

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7. GameStach

   Nov 8, 2018

   6

   When this game was announced at E3 2017, we were all excited. The premise of this game was that you had to escape a prison in fully tailoredWhen this game was announced at E3 2017, we were all excited. The premise of this game was that you had to escape a prison in fully tailored co-op game. They showed us renewing gameplay, in which you could see that you can control your character, while the other player is in a cutscene. It set really high expectations. So, has it been able to live up to those expectations? Nope.
   
   Why is this game so underwhelming? The flow of the story is totally off, and it has way too many clichés. Let me elaborate. What do you expect when they tell you the game is about escaping a prison? Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I expect that it’s about escaping a prison. Well, according to these ******* apparently only one fourth of the game is about escaping, and the rest is about (spoiler alert) the main characters taking revenge. The time that you are in prison is not really that exciting. Most of the time it just comes down to quicktime events, or sometimes, as I would like to call it, semi-quicktime events, where all you have to do is walk and press the right buttons. These events on itself can be fun or exciting, but when you sink your teeth into them, you realize they make the game quite shallow. The game is also heavily scripted and linear. You can’t walk around the prison and you’re not really able to get to learn anybody besides the main characters.
   The second type of gameplay this game has, are puzzle-like sections where you can walk around and can interact with people and objects. The goal is usually to find something or do something to progress the story. During these sections you CAN do a lot, however, WHAT you can do is mostly boring or just stupid. In my opinion they are just added mini-games to lengthen the game. There is this darting mini-game, you can throw hoofs or play piano and there are a bunch more. These can be fun, but it’s just a shame that the game feels so limited and restricted in terms of exploration, while they did decide to spend time making these mini-games, when they could’ve added some more depth to the game. The last kind of gameplay are the epic action sequences, where you have to escape, drive, run, shoot or do other kinds of exciting stuff. These sequences are a lot of fun and are about the only reason the game can be found entertaining.
   
   As for the story: as I mentioned before only one fourth of the game is about escaping the prison. The rest seems like more crap to lengthen the game. There is a part where you have to repair a car, which takes forever. There is this part where you have to catch fish, which adds nothing in terms of story. Uhm, you have bond with your boring son. You’re forced to learn about both your backstories, which, quite frankly, I didn’t really care about. For Leo, I think that it mostly has to do with the way Leo was introduced. As for Vincent, you can read that he is the educated one, so that spoke to me most, but the submissive way he talks to his wife just put me off. And as for the bond between Leo and Vincent, I didn’t really feel it. That probably has to do with the terrible cliché dialogue between them. The usual: “Euhmagud you have to tell me what’s going with you blabla”. Just, **** off.
   The story has some parts where you can make some choices, but, as you already know beforehand, it doesn’t really matter what you choose, as many games, like the Telltale-series, have shown us before. This led to me mostly picking the one that would be the funniest to see.
   
   So at this point in the game, it was really hard for me to get through it. I had read online that the ending would be very disappointing, so I didn’t had high hopes. I won’t spoil it, but let me give you sense of what the ending is like. For about half an hour you think the game is over, but it keeps going on. I had never experienced something like that before and it was rather annoying. It does get interesting at the end, but at some point during the ending, I was thinking to myself: GOD JUST IT ****ING END NOW, JESUS. That is not something you want as a game that is solely about the story.
   
   The game is below expectation. It has great action sequences, but that’s about it. The only thing new in terms of gameplay is being able to walk around, while the other person is in a cutscene. The rest is just boring, repetitive crap like quicktime events and basic puzzle-solving. The story is too less about the prison and too much about other random crap. It has an interesting ending, but it is too long, making not even the ending fun. The dialogue is cliché. There is nothing really interesting to learn about in this game in terms of characters. There is zero exploration. And the only reason why the game is five-and-a-half hours long, is because of the extra non-content they added to lengthen the game. The only reason this game was kinda fun, was because I was goofing around most of the time with the friend I played this with. I'm very disappointed.… Expand

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8. nofunaloud

   Feb 23, 2019

   0

   Trash game that forces co-op when you could easily solo all of the content, the second player is just a forced gimmick that ruins the game forTrash game that forces co-op when you could easily solo all of the content, the second player is just a forced gimmick that ruins the game for no reason other than the person who made the game is stupid.… Expand

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